CPR/First Aid

In Recognizing and responding to an emergency, which actions can make a difference?

• Recognizing that an emergency exists

• Deciding to take action

• Texting a friend about what has happened

• Activating the EMS system

• Giving consistent care until EMS personnel arrive and take over

Deciding to take action discusses reasons why someone might be hesitant to respond to an emergency, what information below can help them overcome their fears?

• Lay responders are rarely sued for helping in an emergency

• You will get confidence from this training

• The risk of catching a disease is very low.

• People will always get mad when you save their life

When you activate the EMS system, how long should you stay on the phone with the dispatcher?

• After you give them the location of the emergency

• After you give them the number of people injured.

• Until the dispatcher says it is all right to hang up

• AFter you give them the nature of the injury.

Giving care until EMS takes over you must always obtain_______ BEFORE giving care

In giving care until EMS takes over, when is consent implied?

• If a person says, "No, I don't want your help"

• When they are awake and alert but don't say anything.

• When the person is responsive, not confused or impaired but just doesn't speak your language.

• When the person is unresponsive, confused or mentally impaired, or if the minor has a life-threatening condition and their parents aren't present.

In CHECK- CALL - CARE, how do you use your sense to gather information for the "check" part?

• Is the scene SAFE for you to enter?

• What happened to CAUSE the emergency?

• What condition the people standing by are in?

• Is anyone else around to help you?

In CHECK - CALL -CARE, what things do you check to do a scene size-up to form a first impression about what is wrong with the person?

• Does the person appear to be stable but just napping really hard?

• Does the person appear to have any life-threatening illness or injury?

• Is the person moving or motionless?

• Is the person having trouble breathing or severe life-threatening bleeding?

When do you CALL first instead of CARE first?

• When a person is in a cardiac emergency (heart)

• If a person is 12 years or older who is unresponsive

• A child or infant you saw suddenly collapse

• A person who is choking

When do you CARE first instead of CALL first?

• When a person is in a cardiac emergency (heart)

• If a person is 12 years or older who is unresponsive

• A child or infant you saw suddenly collapse

• A person who is choking

• A person who has severe, life-threatening bleeding.

CPR for adults, children, & infants is defined by how many compressions and breaths?

• 15 compressions and 2 breaths

• 30 compressions and 2 breaths

• 45 compressions and 2 breaths

• 30 compressions and no breaths